DotF: Pirela, Refsnyder, Bird, Sanchez all have big days in Scranton’s win

Two puff piece-y articles to pass along:

• Maria Guardado wrote about SS Jorge Mateo, who admired Derek Jeter growing up and wears No. 2 in his honor. He’s also quite proud of his 65 stolen bases. “That number means a lot to me,” he said. “I know that I’m going to keep moving forward because that’s what I like to do — getting on base in order to steal bases and score runs for my team. It’s one of the parts of the game that I enjoy most. My goal for this year would be to try to steal as many bases as I possibly can.”
• Zach Braziller wrote about RHP Alex Robinett, this year’s 32nd round pick who is also a cadet at West Point. His military obligation begins in September and could last as long as five years, though he could apply for a waiver after two to play baseball. “That’s the ultimate goal for this season, to prove to the Yankees I’m a worthy investment,” said Robinett. “They have to know they can utilize me down the road. I think it’s important to show them you have a high ceiling for potential.”

Triple-A Scranton (10-5 win over Indianapolis) fifth straight game with no OF Aaron Judge

• CF Ben Gamel: 0-5, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Jose Pirela: 3-6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K — well, there’s no doubt he can hit minor league pitching, that’s for sure
• LF Ramon Flores: 2-6, 1 R, 1 RBI
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K — 3-for-8 (.375) with two doubles since being sent down
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K — 14-for-37 (.378) with three homers in his last nine games
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 4-for-15 (.267) with a double, a homer, three walks, and two strikeouts in five games since the promotion
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB — batted ninth, which is indicative of his season to date
  
• RHP Esmil Rogers: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 61 of 91 pitches were strikes (67%) … remember when he was pitching high-leverage innings? that feels like a lifetime ago
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — 19 of 25 pitches were strikes (76%)

Double-A Trenton (5-1 win over Portland)

• CF Jake Cave: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 2B Tony Renda: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB — 20-for-63 (.317) with nine walks and six strikeouts in his last 17 games
• RF Mark Payton: 0-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• RHP Danny Burawa: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — 42 of 61 pitches were strikes (69%) … interesting that they are stretching him out … he’s a two-pitch guy (fastball, slider) with bad command, not exactly the ideal stretch ’em out candidate
• RHP Jaron Long: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 9/2 GB/FB — 38 of 51 pitches were strikes (75%)

High-A Tampa (6-2 win over Fort Myers)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 1-4
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
• CF Dustin Fowler: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB — 10-for-33 (.303) in his last nine games
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI — he’s heating up! /NBAJamvoice
• RHP Cale Coshow: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0/5 GB/FB — 52 of 89 pitches were strikes (58%)

Low-A Charleston (2-0 loss to Delmarva)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) — 66 steals in 96 games puts him on pace for 99 steals for the season … the race to 100 will be close!
• CF Austin Aune: 1-3, 1 K
• RF Alex Palma: 1-3 — he made a SportsCenter top ten caliber play in the outfield as well … hasn’t struck out in 25 plate appearances now
  
• RHP Jordan Foley: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 5/4 GB/FB — 68 of 99 pitches were strikes (69%) … 61/26 K/BB in 57.1 innings

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 loss to Mahoning Valley in 12 innings, walk-off style)

• CF Jeff Hendrix & SS Kyle Holder: both 0-5 — Holder struck out once, Hendrix twice
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) — Summer of Thairo
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
• 3B Drew Bridges: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
• RHP Kolton Mahoney: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 9/2 GB/FB — 47 of 67 pitches were strikes (70%)

Rookie level Pulaski (6-5 win over Kingsport)

• CF Carlos Vidal: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — got picked off first … 23-for-70 (.329) with six doubles and four homers in the last 16 games for the 19-year-old from Colombia
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 3-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth … 15-for-39 (.385) in his last eleven games
• RHP Melvin Morla: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 1/3 GB/FB

The Rookie level GCL Yanks1‘s game was suspended due to rain after three innings. It’ll be completed tomorrow. The GCL Yanks1 managed to score seven runs before the skies opened up. Here’s the box score.

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game One (5-2 loss to GCL Tigers) makeup of the July 7th game, which was suspended due to rain in the top of the third

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 K — the third of the team’s three big international signings in 2012 has gone 9-for-32 (.281) in his last eight games after a rough start to the season
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-5, 2 K
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Kelvin Magallanes: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB
• RHP Dallas Martinez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB
• RHP Brandon Stenhouse: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — crazy eights: 8/8 K/BB in eight innings for the kid from Australia

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game Two (3-1 win over GCL Tigers in seven innings)

• SS Griffin Garabito: 1-4, 1 R
• 3B Renzo Martini: 2-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — best name in the system is hitting .301/.400/.495 with ten doubles, 17 strikeouts, and 15 walks in 25 games so far … he also turns 23 next month
• RHP Leonardo Garcia: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 3 WP, 5/1 GB/FB — 13/15 K/BB with six wild pitches in 17.2 innings for the 21-year-old